| English | French |
| background sound | fond sonore (An audio file associated with a Web page. When a site visitor opens the page in a Web browser, the audio file plays either continuously or the number of times that the code in the Web page specifies) |
| Play Sound troubleshooter | Résolution des problèmes de lecture audio (A troubleshooter that helps find and fix problems that prevent your computer or audio devices from playing sound) |
| Record Sound troubleshooter | Résolution des problèmes d'enregistrement audio (A troubleshooter that helps find and fix problems that prevent your computer or devices from recording sound) |
| sound board | carte audio (A type of expansion board on PC-compatible computers that allows the playback and recording of sound, such as from a WAV or MIDI file or a music CD-ROM. Most PCs sold at retail include a sound card) |
| sound card | carte audio (A type of expansion board on PC-compatible computers that allows the playback and recording of sound, such as from a WAV or MIDI file or a music CD-ROM. Most PCs sold at retail include a sound card) |
| Sound Clip | Clip audio (One of the music genres that appears under Genre classification in Windows Media Player library. Based on ID3 standard tagging format for MP3 audio files. ID3v1 genre ID 37) |
| sound file | fichier audio (A file that contains the information a computer uses to play sounds on your computer. Sound files usually have the file extension .wav) |
| Sound Recorder | Enregistreur (The app that facilitates recording voice from a microphone, as well as saving, editing, playing and sharing recorded audio clips) |
| Sound Recorder | Magnétophone (The app that facilitates recording voice from a microphone, as well as saving, editing, playing and sharing recorded audio clips) |
| static sound buffer | mémoire tampon de son statique (A section of memory that contains a complete sound. These buffers are convenient because the entire sound can be written once to the buffer) |
| Windows Sound Recorder | Enregistreur Windows (The app that facilitates recording voice from a microphone, as well as saving, editing, playing and sharing recorded audio clips) |
